How well should this card be performing?

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Kastang

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This question is mostly directed twords World of Warcraft. When playing any other game, CS, CS:S, CZ, DoD:S, basicially every Steam game, I have no choppyness at all - I did the Video stress test on CSS, and most of the settings are all set on high.

When playing WoW, it is a different story - I get maybe 20-30 FPS while fighting a mob, 35 FPS while flying anywhere, and 50ish while staring at a wall.

I have Omega Drivers installed, and the newest dX version installed.

My Computer Specs are:

VisionTek Radeon x1600
Dual 2.13GHz (E6400) Conroe CPU
2GB DDRII (PC 5300) RAM
500W PSU
320GB WD SATA Drive

Is the FPS normal to what I should be getting for WoW, The reason I am asking is because of the great FPS I get while playing Steam games.
 
There is nothing wrong with those Frame Rates, i think that its slightly lower in WoW due to large area and large amounts of people like when you were fighting the mob.
 
The reason every steam game runs really well is due to you haveing a radeon card which the source engine is optimized to take advantage of. WoW is a little more friendly with nVidia cards.
 
Thanks for the information - After a few hours of tweaking with the settings in WoW I am happy to say that I am now getting a steady 50+ FPS. I found that the biggest FPS killer was the terrian distance, which does make sence. I have most of my other settings on high, and Terrain around 1/3.
 
Glad you found a sweet spot, granted it lessens the sense of scale but it's better to have a smooth frame rate then all the bells and whistles.
 
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